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doctrine_n not_o consentaneous_a to_o law_n and_o it_o may_v be_v the_o canon_n of_o 1640_o may_v be_v instance_a in_o now_o his_o notion_n be_v that_o the_o jus_o condendi_fw-la leges_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la that_o be_v the_o legislative_a power_n in_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n be_v in_o the_o bishop_n presbyter_n and_o other_o person_n due_o elect_v by_o the_o clergy_n of_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n and_o due_o assemble_v in_o a_o lawful_a synod_n upon_o this_o i_o will_v be_v bold_a to_o ask_v the_o question_n 188._o pag._n 188._o how_o this_o agree_v with_o his_o concession_n that_o the_o king_n be_v supreme_a head_n and_o governor_n over_o all_o person_n and_o cause_n as_o well_o ecclesiastical_a as_o civil_a since_o his_o own_o argument_n be_v that_o he_o who_o be_v supreme_a have_v the_o power_n or_o right_o to_o make_v law_n but_o the_o king_n be_v supreme_a wherefore_o 192._o p._n 192._o according_a to_o he_o the_o king_n and_o not_o the_o clergy_n have_v this_o power_n this_o i_o think_v be_v the_o unforced_a consequence_n from_o his_o other_o assertion_n potestatem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d esse_fw-la potestatem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hoc_fw-la est_fw-la jus_o ferendi_fw-la leges_fw-la quae_fw-la obligant_fw-la totam_fw-la communitatem_fw-la esse_fw-la penes_fw-la eum_fw-la solum_fw-la 186._o pag._n 186._o sive_fw-la sit_fw-la be_v singularis_fw-la persona_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o statu_fw-la regiminis_fw-la monarchici_fw-la sive_fw-la plures_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o aliis_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la summâ_fw-la potestate_fw-la toti_fw-la communitati_fw-la praest_n nay_o he_o argue_v that_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v so_o in_o reason_n praecipuus_fw-la actus_fw-la gubernationis_fw-la praecipuam_fw-la requiret_fw-la potestatem_fw-la etc._n etc._n est_fw-la autem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sive_fw-la legum_fw-la latio_fw-la actus_fw-la gubernationis_fw-la supremus_fw-la &_o praecipuus_fw-la non_fw-la ergo_fw-la potest_fw-la exerceri_fw-la nisia_fw-la persona_fw-la habente_fw-la aut_fw-la saltem_fw-la in_o virtute_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la authoritate_fw-la habentis_fw-la supremam_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la &_o jurisdictionem_fw-la in_o communitatem_fw-la sibi_fw-la